Older People

• Concern over smoking in pub doorways
  The sight of smokers huddled around...
• Support your local hospice
  Members of the public are being asked...
• People unwilling to act on stroke signs
  Stroke outcomes in Ireland could be...
• Small lifestyle changes cut stroke risk
  People can significantly reduce their...
• Heatwaves can be bad for your health
  While we do not normally associate...
• Bright fruit, veg cut arthritis risk
  Eating more brightly coloured fruit...
• 1 billion have neurological disorders
  Nearly seven million people a year are...
• Concern on supply of drugs
  By Niall Hunter-Editor GPs have...
• More news...

The shame of elder abuse
Respect for older people… Elder Abuse is the hidden shame of Ireland's caring industry. The exact incidence and extent of the phenomenon is unknown and probably unknowable. Many factors ...

• Age-related Hearing Loss
• Age-related Macular Degeneration
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Angina
• Arthritis
• Atherosclerosis
• Bad Breath
• Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
• Caring For An Older Relative
• Cataracts
• Cluttering Of Speech
• Cochlear Implants
• Dandruff
• Deep Venous Thrombosis
• Dementia
• Depression In Older People
• Diabetes
• Dry Mouth

• Eczema
• Excessive Sweating
• Eye Floaters
• Faecal Incontinence In Older People
• Fainting
• Flatulence
• Gout
• Hearing Aids
• Hearing Loss
• Hirsutism
• Home Help - How To Get It
• Ingrown Toenails
• Leg Ulcers
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Nasal Polyps
• Obtaining Aids And Appliances
• Osteoporosis
• Pancreatitis

• Parkinson's Disease
• Pneumonia In Older People
• Pressure Sores
• Psoriasis
• Rheumatism
• Septicaemia
• Sleep Apnoea
• Sleeplessness
• Snoring
• Stoma Care
• Stroke
• Stuttering And Stammering
• Tendonitis
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Urinary Incontinence
• Vaginal Itching
• Varicose Veins